Follow these guidelines to learn about how to select the entire table, an individual row, a column, a cell, or even contiguous cells in PowerPoint 2011:

Select Entire Table

To select the entire table on your slide, hover your cursor on the border of the table as shown in Figure 1 (highlighted in red) and click.

Figure 1: Cursor changed to a four-directional arrow

Alternatively, click on any of the table cells and access the Table Layout tab of the Ribbon (highlighted in red
within Figure 2). Click the Select button (highlighted in blue within Figure 2).
This opens a drop-down menu -- in this drop-down menu, click on the Select Table option as shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2: Select Table option within the Table Layout tab

Both of these options result in your entire table being selected.

Select Table Row

To select a table row, hover your cursor on the slide area near the table towards either left or right of the Table row to be selected. The cursor will change
to an arrow pointing the row, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 3 -- click at this point.

Figure 3: Cursor changed to an arrow pointing the row

Alternatively, click within any of the cells in the table row to be selected and access the Table Layout tab of the Ribbon (highlighted in red within Figure 4). Click the Select button (highlighted in blue within Figure 4) -- this opens a drop-down menu --
in this drop-down menu, click on the Select Row option as shown in Figure 4.

Figure 4: Select Row option within the Table Layout tab

Any of these actions will select the required row entirely, as shown in Figure 5.

Figure 5: Table Row selected

Select Table Column

To select a table column, hover your cursor on the slide area near the table towards either top or bottom of the Table column to be selected. The cursor will
change to an arrow pointing the column, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 6 -- click at this point.

Figure 6: Cursor changed to an arrow pointing the column

Alternatively, click within any of the cells in the table column to be selected and access the Table Layout tab of the Ribbon (highlighted in red within Figure 7). Click the Select button (highlighted in blue within Figure 7) -- this opens a drop-down menu --
in this drop-down menu, click on the Select Column option as shown in Figure 7.

Figure 7: Select Column option within the Table Layout tab

Any of these actions will select the required column entirely, as shown in Figure 8.

Figure 8: Table Column selected

Select a Cell or Contiguous Cells

To select a particular Table Cell, just click within it.

To select contiguous cells, select the starting cell. Then hold the Shift key and then press the Up, Down,
Left, and Right arrow keys to extend your selection.